There is no perfect statistic for calculating a player’s value. Wins above replacement attempts to do so, but even that is inexact. In fact, there are two kinds of WAR, …
Read More »Scott Van Slyke’s Time To Shine
After a successful weekend series in San Francisco, the Dodgers continue their road trip by heading into Denver and Chicago, and something stood out to me when I looked at …
Read More »Dodgers 4, Giants 2: Clayton Kershaw, Most Valuable Everything
On Friday night, the Giants whomped the Dodgers, 9-0. On Saturday night, the Dodgers decimated the Giants, 17-0. For what was expected to be a very competitive series between the …
Read More »Dodgers @ Giants Sept. 14, 2014: Clayton Kershaw looks to clinch series
As Mike said in his recap, last night was fun. Today could be fun for a different reason: It’s Clayton Kershaw day! Dodgers Giants 6:05 p.m. San Francisco 2B Gordon …
Read More »Dodgers 17, Giants 0: That Was Considerably More Fun Than Last Night
Do you remember how sad you were at this time last night? Do you? You should. Think about it. Hyun-jin Ryu lasted one terrible inning, then left, injured. You had …
Read More »Dodgers @ Giants Sept. 13, 2014: This Is A Big Game
You know me, and you know I never like to put undue importance on any one game. It’s a long season. It serves no purpose to get overly emotional about …
Read More »A Blowout Is Still Just One Loss, But Dodgers Can’t Withstand Absence Of Ryu
Here’s the good thing about last night’s loss to San Francisco: As ugly as it was, baseball doesn’t award style points. One loss is one loss. Here’s the bad thing: …
Read More »Giants 9, Dodgers 0: Blowout, Hyun-Jin Ryu hurt, baseball sucks
Not exactly the way a team should start a series. The Dodgers lost 9-0 in San Francisco on Friday night, but that wasn’t even the worst loss of the night. …
Read More »Dodgers @ Giants Sept. 12, 2014: Huge series is huge
The Dodgers are two games ahead in the National League West and begin what could be a season-deciding series in San Francisco. These teams play in Los Angeles in 10 …
Read More »2014 Dodgers All-Prospect team
This is the third year I’ve named an all-prospect team, and if you’ve ever read any of our prospect coverage, you’ll recognize a lot of these names. But, there are …
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